Gatersleben Research Award

The Gatersleben Research Prize is awarded by the Association for the Promotion of Crop Plant Research Gatersleben e. V. with the support of the Salzlandsparkasse and the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research Gatersleben (IPK) to promote young scientists in the fields of plant genetics and crop plant research.

The prize is endowed with a monetary amount of 2,500 euros and is awarded every two years for an outstanding doctoral thesis that deals with the development of insights into one of the following fields of interest:
- Structure, function and/or evolution of genetic material,
- Conservation, exploration and exploitation of plant genetic resources,
- Contributions to breeding genetics at the front end to practical plant breeding.

More information >>here.

Submission deadline: 15 May 2026